Ghosts Before Breakfast / Vormittagsspuk
by Hans Richter
1927
Sort of like a classic Sesame Street video with more guns and gross teeth, but maybe I shouldn’t say that because the video is neither violent nor gross.
The intro title card says “The Nazis destroyed the sound version of this film as degenerate art. It shows that even objects revolt against regimentation.”
“The Sick Kitten”
by G. A. Smith
1903
“‘The Sick Kitten’ is interesting for more than its cute factor. It was possibly the first film to use a close-up shot that was not motivated by someone staring down a microscope or ogling through a keyhole.”
1812 Overture fantasy sequence from “The Music Lovers” (1970)
directed by Ken Russell
starring Richard Chamberlain & Glenda Jackson
![“From the 1920s to the early 1960s, Rev. Lonzie Odie Taylor — a self-taught “Renaissance man,” according to Bond — documented African-American neighborhood life [in Memphis, TN] through some 7,000 photographs, close to 100 audio disc recordings and 15 hours of film footage — short, silent movies of baptisms, beauty colleges and barnstorming “Negro” airmen, among other subjects.
An artist of limited means but limitless curiosity and ingenuity, Taylor (1899-1977) began many of his films with hand-lettered credits and title cards that demonstrate he was aware of the potential importance of his work. His 1940 film of a Manassas Street “baptising” opens with the legend: “Another Taylor-Made Picture — Bringing You News & Historical Records — Photographed & Produced by Rev. L.O. Taylor.”
Sometimes, Taylor organized screenings in church basements, and charged 15 cents admission to give people their first opportunity to see themselves on film. Of course, in the current online exhibit, Taylor’s work can be seen free of charge, by those with access to a computer.”
- via The Commercial Appeal](http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m9zpvyx8v81qez75wo1_500.jpg)
“From the 1920s to the early 1960s, Rev. Lonzie Odie Taylor — a self-taught “Renaissance man,” according to Bond — documented African-American neighborhood life [in Memphis, TN] through some 7,000 photographs, close to 100 audio disc recordings and 15 hours of film footage — short, silent movies of baptisms, beauty colleges and barnstorming “Negro” airmen, among other subjects.
An artist of limited means but limitless curiosity and ingenuity, Taylor (1899-1977) began many of his films with hand-lettered credits and title cards that demonstrate he was aware of the potential importance of his work. His 1940 film of a Manassas Street “baptising” opens with the legend: “Another Taylor-Made Picture — Bringing You News & Historical Records — Photographed & Produced by Rev. L.O. Taylor.”
Sometimes, Taylor organized screenings in church basements, and charged 15 cents admission to give people their first opportunity to see themselves on film. Of course, in the current online exhibit, Taylor’s work can be seen free of charge, by those with access to a computer.”
- via The Commercial Appeal
Les Fiancés Du Pont Macdonald from Cléo de 5 à 7
by Agnès Varda
1962
starring Jean-Luc Godard and Anna Karina
from Les plages d’Agnès
(The Beaches of Agnes)
2008
by Agnes Varda
WE ARE GONNA GO TO RUE DAGUERRE YOU GUYS I AM SO EXCITED!
Above: The Roxy Theatre in 1927. An enormous movie palace built in New York City during the 20s, it had its grand opening on March 11, 1927 with the premiere of Gloria Swanson’s new film The Love of Sunya. Swanson both produced and starred in the movie.
Below: Gloria Swanson standing in the ruins of the Roxy Theatre after demolition (wearing $170,000 worth of jewelry, bless her heart!), October 1960.
That’s a fine armadillo of a dress.Gloria Swanson, portrait scanned from Photoplay magazine, April 1923
